About Monica - I love to cook and bake, and I love to eat good food. Growing up, in my house, cooking and baking was always about the love of food. It represented joy, and it brought our family together. Gathering in the kitchen watching my mom cook was my favourite pastime and the kitchen was always the favourite room in the house.
I come from a long line of great cooks and bakers who only baked from scratch and by taste, so baking is in my blood. Today I follow the same tried and trusted methods handed down through the generations, while experimenting with new flavours combinations of my own.
In 2001, while holding a full-time job as an IT Executive, I started a small catering business in my hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada. I serviced private events, corporate events, offsite retreats, birthday parties, and small weddings. To my amazement the business became successful amongst the local community through word of mouth referrals. To perfect my baking craft, I studied the technique of baking and cake decorating with Wilton Baking school, and attended various baking courses and trainings.
Since moving to Scotland in 2009, I started off baking for family, friends, and work colleagues. In 2013, I converted my garage into a bake shop and I decided to follow my life-long passion of opening a Cupcakery establishment. So I have pulled out some of my mother's old recipes and brought them to life, combined with adding a modern twist of my own, to form Cups 'N' Cakes by Monica.
Cups 'N' Cakes by Monica is not a large complex bakery but a small Cupcakery business proud to serve up custom made cupcakes and cakes, using the finest ingredients, introducing new and exciting flavour combinations all with an American flair and taste. My vision is to provide the best customer service possible by going that extra mile and making people smile with delightful custom cupcakes and cakes that you can't find in a grocery store, taking the traditional Cupcakery to a whole new level.
I come from a long line of great cooks and bakers who only baked from scratch and by taste, so baking is in my blood. Today I follow the same tried and trusted methods handed down through the generations, while experimenting with new flavours combinations of my own.
In 2001, while holding a full-time job as an IT Executive, I started a small catering business in my hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada. I serviced private events, corporate events, offsite retreats, birthday parties, and small weddings. To my amazement the business became successful amongst the local community through word of mouth referrals. To perfect my baking craft, I studied the technique of baking and cake decorating with Wilton Baking school, and attended various baking courses and trainings.
Since moving to Scotland in 2009, I started off baking for family, friends, and work colleagues. In 2013, I converted my garage into a bake shop and I decided to follow my life-long passion of opening a Cupcakery establishment. So I have pulled out some of my mother's old recipes and brought them to life, combined with adding a modern twist of my own, to form Cups 'N' Cakes by Monica.
Cups 'N' Cakes by Monica is not a large complex bakery but a small Cupcakery business proud to serve up custom made cupcakes and cakes, using the finest ingredients, introducing new and exciting flavour combinations all with an American flair and taste. My vision is to provide the best customer service possible by going that extra mile and making people smile with delightful custom cupcakes and cakes that you can't find in a grocery store, taking the traditional Cupcakery to a whole new level.